He showed me basic techniques for a first point hold, second, third, and fourth. The movements were subtle. The first required a position beside the dummy, and then a transition with me on my knees facing the dummy. From there I straddled the dummy for the third position, and the fourth had me still straddling, but with arms stretched out, pinning my opponent. They looked pretty easy, and I looked forward to mastering them.
Jet showed me the positions over and over, and then told me to show them to him on the dummy. I did them exactly as he had shown me, and I did it flawlessly.
Jet was clapping, while Katie just held her hands on her hips. “Well done, beautiful; looks like you're a natural.”
“Maybe I just have a good trainer, Jet.”
He laughed and pulled me off the ground.
“Okay, Katie, you're up. Let's show her what all these steps look like on a person.”
I wasn't sure what was going to happen, but as Jet lay down on the ground, I watched as she initiated all four points on him, and I raised my eyebrows when she straddled him. That move seemed far too intimate to me. She pinned him down with her hands above her head and her knees bracing his sides. She was wearing little booty shorts and her body had moulded itself to his. Had they flipped positions he would be nestled between her legs. Did they all really train that way with females? How did they not all get erections?
Katie bent down close to Jet's face, and he smiled up at her. “Do you know what I could do to you right now, Jet?” She was smiling down at him devilishly, and I almost screamed. I was certainly screaming on the inside. I turned around, refusing to watch her hit on Jet right in front of me. Something told me that the two of them had slept together in the past and maybe Katie wanted to rekindle things.
There was giggling going on, but I refused to turn around to see what she was doing. Finally, I turned as Jet was getting up off the ground.
“Okay, Natalie, do you want to give it a try?”
“Oh, I think that's ahead of Natalie right now, Jet. She should focus on the grappling dummy right now. We don't want to give her too much to confuse her.”
My mouth fell open as I gaped at her. I couldn't believe what she was pulling. She didn't want me to be in the same straddling position as she was with Jet. I felt my blood pressure rise, but it only got worse when Jet spoke.
“Yeah, you're probably right. I will keep her on the dummy for a few sessions and go from there.”
“Perfect; I think that's what's best.” She turned to me. “Natalie, let’s see the four points on the dummy again, please.”
I snorted and shook my head. “Whatever.”
Jet got a confused look on his face, but didn't say anything about my comment. Geez, men could really be dense sometimes. I continued my grappling training on the dummy. I did it so many times that I felt like I could have easily done it in my sleep. Jet shouted out words of praise, as he was clearly happy with my progress. However, despite the fact th
at he seemed to think I was a “natural,” he still never moved me to the next step. He was listening to Katie's instructions because she was there to help me that day. I hoped that she wouldn't be there again the next time that I had to train with Jet.
“I think we handled enough grappling for the day. Let's work on some pads, ladies.”
Jet went to grab some pads and focus mitts. While he was gone, Katie just stared at me. I couldn't figure out what her problem was. Did she see me as a threat, or was she so confident about her own skills that she didn't believe for a moment that I could get Jet away from her?
“We are going to do defense, so we will go through the slips I showed you last time. Come on Katie, let's show her what I'm looking for.”
They got into position, and by that point, I couldn’t have cared less what he had to show me. I was sick of looking at them together. The entire time he showed her the slips she giggled and circled him. It was like a lover’s dance, a damn violent one, but she loved to play with him, and he was enjoying every minute of it.
They ran through the motions again, and Jet stopped. “Okay, Natalie, I want you to work with Katie now?the same movements I was showing you, and then we will be finished for the day.”
I sighed, moved into the circle with Katie, and slipped the punches she sent my way. I moved fluidly and passed by every one of them without incident. I was getting tired, but it was more mentally tired than physical. Being around Jet was exhausting in more than one way.
“Wonderful, Natalie. Okay, this was a great training session, congrats. We will do some more of that next time.”
“Thanks,” I said.
He turned to Katie. “Thanks for being here and helping. I think it was good for her.”
“No problem. Anytime at all.”
“I'll see you at practice, okay?”
She smiled. “Sure.” She reached up, wrapped her arms around his neck, and hugged him tight. Body to body, with no room in between. They separated, and high-fived each other before she waved and headed out the door.
I stared at him as he turned to look and me, and I shook my head.